Shaun Derry said that there is “a lot to shout about” at Cambridge United at the minute.

The U’s are currently three points outside the play-offs places in Sky Bet League Two and have a remarkable clean sheet record which is the best in the entire EFL.

And the reality is that the U’s are, in general, very hard to beat. We can talk about the goalscoring, but there is a lot to be said about not leaking goals. Indeed, this time last year the had conceded 24 goals in the league, compared to 23.

And while you can’t overlook Luton, the seven goals there does really alter things.

And Derry said that their achievements shouldn’t be overlooked, particularly as they have missed key players in recent weeks.

“I think it’s very, very easy to overlook certain parts of what being involved in football is,” Derry said.

“We are a team that is hard to play against 99% of the time. The anomaly was last week against Luton.

“I just think we have to be very, very careful that the Luton display and the aftermath of that, the upset that it cause, doesn’t transpire for the rest of the season as there’s a lot to shout about at Cambridge United.

“We had some tough blows away at Luton with the centre-forwards [Uche Ikpeazu and Jabo Ibehre] being missing and again [on Saturday] with two midfielders, in terms of holding midfielders [Liam O’Neil and Gary Deegan], missing and it does cause a problem.”